Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-29
NARY JAMES TRAVELS.
WHAT SIZE AND DlCkeY THINK CT
LOW LYING HOLLAND.
The Appalling Delight There Taken fr
Clcanline.s-A Wetlding-street Cars In
Europe-A Amsterdam. the Venice Of the

EVERYWHERE IN Holland and the water priyi.
le,es arc something unique. The custom OF
wearing those great wooden shoes affected
here, think. grew out Of the desire of the
people to have with them always somethin;
which might be instantly converted into life
prcscrvcrs in case of expected emergency.
We have given a week or more to Am5ter-
dam, the Hague, Rotterdam and excursions
along the waterways, and q more interesting
country geographically and ethnographi-
cally We have not seen in Europe. The cos
TUNES and language are especially noticeable,
and q raw Dutch family, in town for Il hcii-
day, decked out in balloon trousers. gold
mounted head dresses and cumbersome
wooden shoes is sight to make the angels
smile aud draw crowd equal to circus.
The chief custom is cleanliness, and the
first morning walk we took in Amsterdam, |
think, we saw 10000 houscmaids in light hiGe
calico dresses and white caps out in front of
their respective habitaticns, shaking carpets
and beating rugs and door mats. They are
strong and active. and they jerk strip OF
carpet till it pops like a firecracker. The
women are house cleaning seven days in the
week. and the men have a weary and bar
assed Kind of a complexion, which excitcs
the sympathy of all beholders. Yet matri-
mony seems 20 be not unpopular in, USpd,
and it is one Of the most thick. " IL Led
districts OF the world
By the way, We went 10 O wedding one do
In Amsterdam they always do their marTJ
ing on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which wss
quite swell. II took place in a Catholic
church, and WIS similar to all other wedding
l have attended. except that the deacons took
up not one collection, but two never heard
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